Table 1

Demographics of Study Sample (N = 69,891)


Frequency


Variable
n
%

Gender


     Male
48,168
68.9
     Female
21,723
31.1
Ethnicitya


     Caucasian
46,910
69.2
     African American
20,393
30.1
     Other
495
0.7
Ageb


     <18
6,955
10.0
     18–24
10,701
15.3
     25–34
20,671
29.6
     35–44
21,893
31.3
     45–54
8,266
11.8
     ≥ 55
1,404
2.0
Residential Area


     Urban
35,062
50.2
     Rural
34,829
49.8
Year Admitted to Treatment


     1998
9,911
14.2
     1999
9,123
13.1
     2000
9,598
13.7
     2001
10,214
14.6
     2002
9,891
14.2
     2003
10,738
15.4
     2004
10,416
14.9

a2,093 missing ethnicity responses were removed from the total N for ethnicity percentages.

b1 missing age response.

Kedia et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:33   doi:10.1186/1747-597X-2-33

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